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  Today in Politics, Bulletin 450. 8/28/26 Ron Filipkowski Aug 28 ∙ … “Trump will not attend the 25th anniversary in NYC of the Sept. 11 terror attacks . According to the NYT, Trump wanted to make a speech at the event during the ceremony at Ground Zero in Manhattan on the anniversary, but it has been the policy since 2012 that politicians aren’t not allowed to deliver remarks at the site to keep the ceremony apolitical. Trump wasn’t happy about that, so he won’t be attending. … The NYT reported that Trump plans to deliver remarks at the Pentagon before flying to his golf course in Ireland which is hosting the Irish Open that weekend. … NBC: “ Milo Yiannopoulos , a self-described libertarian and professional internet troll who became known for his controversial right-wing political views, is in ICE custody. A spokesperson for DHS said that ICE arrested Yiannopoulos, a UK national, at the New Orleans International Airport.” … “The DHS spokesperson said Yiannopoulos legally entered t...

  Today in Politics, Bulletin 439. 8/13/26 Ron Filipkowski Aug 13 ∙ … Text messages shared with MeidasTouch by a family member of a service member currently deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln paint a bleak picture of daily life on board, more than 8 months into a deployment that was supposed to end in May and instead has no announced return date. … “Why isn’t there milk?!” the family member asked in one exchange. The sailor explained that the ship’s supply runs simply can’t keep perishables fresh long enough to make the trip out to the carrier. “So the supply ship that comes here can’t bring fruits and stuff cause it can’t stay fresh long enough with the time it gets them to get here. So we haven’t had anything fresh but meat cause it’s freezed. Sometimes it gets here rotten.” … In a separate message, the sailor sent a photo of a plastic container of what looks like cereal, writing: “Hey honey I’m eating cereal rn. Wish there was milk tho. Haven’t had milk in 3 months. ” … Th...